Somali Piracy Revives Sharply After Years of Quiet
- Revival comes as Houthis are attacking merchant ships nearby
- Wider global trends in maritime piracy declined: report
Three boats seized from suspected Somali pirates in May 2009.
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Somali piracy — the scourge of merchant shipping more than a decade ago — has had a resurgence this year, the industry’s main observer of the crime said.
There were eight acts of piracy and hijackings in the first half of this year near the east African country, the International Maritime Bureau, a Kuala Lumpur- and London-based monitoring organization, said in a report.